Furthermore, the presumption that radiocarbon dating is an "exact science" is erroneous and in all fairness few scientists make this claim anyway.

Amazingly though, Libby concluded, This is a classic case of scientific arrogance and blind religious belief in the superiority of the scientific method over the archaeological – Libby was wrong, his method had failed him.Radiocarbon dating, a development in atomic physics, is a case in point.The importance of this scientific method, however, is far reaching, influencing a multitude of various and independent disciplines such as hydrology, geology, atmospheric science and archaeology to name but a few.This means that after 5568 years or so, half of the original amount of C14 would have disintegrated from the sample.After another 5568 years, again, half of what is left dies.C14 is formed, albeit on a miniscule level, due to bombardments of cosmic rays that hit our planet, on a day-to-day basis, and interact with our atmosphere [5].